Enhanced Discovering Computers 2017 (Shelly Cashman Series) (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305657458
Author: Misty E. Vermaat, Susan L. Sebok, Steven M. Freund, Mark Frydenberg, Jennifer T. Campbell
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 12, Problem 4IR
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Java security flaws from two articles:
- As java in browser is
Operating System (OS) independent and it has the popular run-time environment in desktop browsers, java becomes more attractive target for malicious attacker. - Oracle is decided to move rapidly to fix the java flaws.
- In 2013, Oracle released a critical one-off path update to fix the issue before two weeks of the issue being actively exploited...
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Processes of informing users about the need to obtain updates to fix security holes:
- A Critical Patch Update
program is a group of patches for various security vulnerabilities where patches are a set of changes such as update, and fixing the data to a computer system. - Oracle informs the users that they need to be remains in actively supported version and apply for the Critical Patch Update program.
- Critical Patch Update program releases the patches for the product versions covered by premier support or extended support of Lifetime Support Policy...
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In the world, there are 5 to 10 billion devices have java installed.
Devices that have java installed:
- In the world, 1.1 billion desktop systems run java...
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Ways to identify whether java is installed on a computer
- If the user uses command prompt to identify the installation of java.
- After installing java, the user needs to set “PATH” variable in environmental variables.
- Then, the user types the command “java –version” in terminal.
- After running the above command, if java is installed on a computer then it shows the version of java, java Standard Edition (SE) Environment’s build and Java HotSpot client Virtual Machine’s (VM) build.
- The user can also use program that reads java system properties to identify whether it is installed or not...
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